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  • bones85
    bones85 Posts: 108 Forumite
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    eDicky wrote: »
    Sure, why not, Aqua has no connection to Virgin, and they are more 'subprime' - easier to get with limited credit history. What does the MSE eligibility calculator show as your chances for the Aqua Reward?

    0% chance
    :(
  • bones85 wrote: »
    0% chance
    :(

    OK - so to get rejected by a sub-prime lender is something else altogether.

    Have you checked your credit files for defaults, CCJ's, late payments etc.?
  • bones85
    bones85 Posts: 108 Forumite
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    i think it could be my overdrafts over the past 12 months, even though i don't have one now, i kept lowering it and then asking for it to be increased so this has gone down as searches..
  • PeacefulWaters
    PeacefulWaters Posts: 8,495 Forumite
    bones85 wrote: »
    i think it could be my overdrafts over the past 12 months, even though i don't have one now, i kept lowering it and then asking for it to be increased so this has gone down as searches..
    Poor approach.

    An overdraft isn't a spending target. Rethinking your approach to borrowing and getting to a stage where you don't just head to the sweetie shop to spend your available limit would be a positive step.
  • bones85
    bones85 Posts: 108 Forumite
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    i've always had an overdraft, but last 12 months i've been trying to get on top of it, so i kept lowering it but i wasn't ready to lower so ended up increasing it again and did these 2 or 3 times!,but now i'm finally out my overdraft (have been the past 2 months) and heading in the right direction i shouldn't need one ever again :)
  • PeacefulWaters
    PeacefulWaters Posts: 8,495 Forumite
    bones85 wrote: »
    i've always had an overdraft, but last 12 months i've been trying to get on top of it, so i kept lowering it but i wasn't ready to lower so ended up increasing it again and did these 2 or 3 times!,but now i'm finally out my overdraft (have been the past 2 months) and heading in the right direction i shouldn't need one ever again :)

    That would be fantastic progress. Good luck!
  • chesky
    chesky Posts: 1,341 Forumite
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    If you get a John Lewis or M & S credit card, you get points every time you use the cards which translate into vouchers to spend in their shops (including Waitrose in the case of the John Lewis card). It won't make you rich but they come in handy.
  • [Deleted User]
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    I suspect they're not options for the OP.
  • chesky
    chesky Posts: 1,341 Forumite
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    Sorry, hadn't realised there was a second page. Forget my post about M & S and John Lewis, at least for a couple of years.
  • bones85
    bones85 Posts: 108 Forumite
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    Think i'll just give it around 6 months and see what my credit score is like then, now i no longer have an overdraft it might improve
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